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It feels great to be able to post some real racing schedules for the first time in a long time.  We’ve been (not so) patiently waiting all winter long, and racing season is finally here. The next week brings us round one of the FIM World Superbike Championship and the Australian Superbike Championship, both happening at Phillip Island. Also, AMA Pro Road Racing returns to Daytona for the Daytona Sportbike class’s Daytona 200, as well as American Superbike, Supersport and AMA Flat Track. With the uncertainty that the US economy brings as well as the ongoing DMG fiasco, Daytona will be the first chance for many of us to take a peek into what 2010 has in store for American motorcycle racing.

Here’s what’s going on in the upcoming week:

At the Track

February 26-28
FIM Superbike World Championship Rd #1
Phillip Island Circuit, Victoria, Australia

February 26-28
Viking Group Australian Superbike Championship Rd #1
Phillip Island Circuit, Victoria, Australia

February 27-28
Castrol Power 1 New Zealand Superbike Championship Rd #4
Manfeild Park, Feilding, New Zealand

February 27
XIIR – Extreme International Ice Racing
The Aud, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

March 3-4
AMA Pro Racing Flat Track Grand National Championship Rd #1-2
Daytona International Speedway Short Track, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

March 3-5
AMA Pro Road Racing Rd #1
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

On TV

Sunday, February 28
Superbike World Championship Rd #1
Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
SPEED
3:00pm-4:00pm (Same Day Delay) -Race 1
4:00pm-5:00pm (Same Day Delay) -Race 2

Friday, March 5
AMA Pro Road Racing – Daytona 200
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL, USA
SPEED
9:00pm-11:30pm (Live)

*The Official Motourage Daytona 200 Drinking Game: Drink every time Ralph Shaheen says “Under the lights.” You’ll be falling down by lap three.

Photo by Sarah Miskew

Residents of Independence, MO were treated to a full weekend of Speedway Ice Racing when Extreme International Ice Racing came to the Independence Events Center this past weekend for a two-night double header.

Read the article by The Examiner‘s Jeff Martin HERE.

Full Results from XIIR rounds 6 and 7:

Round 6 Independence, MO
Jan 2, 2010

Position/Rider/Points
Heat 1:
1 Charlie Venegas 3, 2 Anthony Barlow 2, 3 James Mann 1, 4 Kell Kerrigan 0

Heat 2:
1 Shawn McConnell 3, 2 Russell Green 2, 3 Jim Terchila 1, 4 Nathan Siegel 0

Heat 3:
1 Eddie Martinez 3, 2 Alan Rush 2, 3 Rhys Naylor 1, 4 Jim Terchila (R) 0

Heat 4:
1 Charlie Venegas 3, 2 Russell Green 2, 3 Jim Terchila 1, 4 Eddie Martinez (R) 0

Heat 5:
1 Shawn McConnell 3, 2 Anthony Barlow 2, 3 Rhys Naylor 1, 4 Nathan Siegel 0

Heat 6:
1 Kell Kerrigan 3, 2 James Mann 2, 3 Eddie Martinez 1, 4 Alan Rush 0

Last Chance Qualifier: (No points – Top 3 finishers make main event)
1 Anthony Barlow, 2 Kell Kerrigan, 3 Russell Green, 4 James Mann, 5 Alan Rush, 6 Jim Terchila

Main Event:
1 Shawn McConnell 10, 2 Kell Kerrigan 7, 3 Anthony Barlow 5, 4 Russell Green 3, 5 Eddie Martinez 2, 6 Charlie Venegas 1

Points for Night:
Shawn McConnell 16, Kell Kerrigan 10, Anthony Barlow 9, Charlie Venegas 7, Russell Green 7, Eddie Martinez 6, James Mann 3, Rhys Naylor 2, Alan Rush 2, Jim Terchila 2, Nathan Siegel 0

Round 7 Independence, MO.
Jan 3, 2010

Position/Rider/Points
Heat 1:
1 Charlie Venegas 3, 2 Shawn McConnell 2, 3 Kell Kerrigan 1, 4 Anthony Barlow 0

Heat 2:
1 James Mann 3, 2 Russell Green 2, 3 Eddie Martinez 1, 4 Jim Terchila 0

Heat 3:
1 Nathan Siegel 3, 2 Alan Rush 2, 3 Jim Terchila (R) 0, 4 Rhys Naylor DNF

Heat 4:
1 Charlie Venegas 3, 2 Russell Green 2, 3 Eddie Martinez 1, 4 Alan Rush (R) 0

Heat 5:
1 Anthony Barlow 3, 2 James Mann 2, 3 Jim Terchila 1, 4 Rhys Naylor 0

Heat 6:
1 Shawn McConnell 3, 2 Kell Kerrigan 2, 3 Alan Rush 1, 4 Nathan Siegel 0

Last Chance Qualifier: (No points – Top 3 finishers make main event)
1 Anthony Barlow, 2 Russell Green, 3 Kell Kerrigan, 4 Alan Rush, 5 Nathan Siegel, 6 Jim Terchila

Main Event:
1 Charlie Venegas 10, 2 Shawn McConnell 7, 3 Kell Kerrigan 5, 4 Alan Rush 3, 5 Nathan Siegel 2, 6 James Mann 1

Points for Night:
Venegas 16, McConnell 12, Kerrigan 8, Barlow 6, Green 6, Mann 6, Siegel 3, Rush 3, Martinez 2, Terchila 1, Naylor 0

Standings after 7 of 19 rounds:

For more information about Extreme International Ice Racing, visit XIIR.com.

As Jared Mees was showing Kent, Washington how it’s done on the ice, 50 miles north in Everett, they were enjoying a frozen battle of their own. Round five of the Extreme International Ice Racing series came to Comcast Arena on December 18.

It was an all-California main event with 42-year-old Charlie Venegas proving he can still beat the youngsters as he solidly wrapped up the Heat 1 win, took second in Heat 3 and took the bottom spot on the podium in the main event, keeping his first-place position in the series standings.  USA West Coast Speedway Rider Kell Kerrigan, took wins in Heats 2 & 3, but only managed a second-place finish in the main event. The big win of the night went to pro stuntman and speedway stalwart “Mad Dog” Shawn McConnell. McConnell took second in Heat 2, first in Heat 4 and finished at the top of the podium in the main event, securing 15 points for the evening and passing Russell Green for fifth place in the standings.

Anthony Barlow and Charlie Venegas battle it out on the ice

Heat 1
1st Charlie Venegas 3
2nd James Mann 2
3rd Anthony Barlow 1
4th Russell Green 0

Heat 2
1st Kell Kerrigan 3
2nd Shawn McConnell 2
3rd Eddie Martinez 1
4th Nathan Siegel 0

Heat 3
1st Kell Kerrigan 3
2nd Charlie Venegas 2
3rd Russell Green 1
4th Nathan Siegel 0

Heat 4
1st Shawn McConnell 3
2nd Anthony Barlow 2
3rd James Mann 1
4th Eddie Martinez 0

Last Chance Qualifier: (No points – Top three finishers make main event)
1st James Mann
2nd Anthony Barlow
3rd Nathan Siegel
4th Russell Green
5th Eddie Martinez

Main Event:
1st Shawn McConnell 10
2nd Kell Kerrigan 7
3rd Charlie Venegas 5
4th Anthony Barlow 3
5th Nathan Siegel 2
6th James Mann 1

Points for Night:
McConnell – 15
Kerrigan – 13
Venegas – 10
Barlow – 6
Mann – 4
Siegel- 2
Green – 1
Martinez – 1

Current Standings (After Five of 19 Rounds)

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